by ECC Editor | Jan 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
After voting earlier this month to keep Ripon’s dispatch center in the city, the Ripon Common Council reversed itself Monday night by voting 6-2 to consolidate dispatch centers with Fond du Lac County.
Prior to Monday’s meeting, the city held a meeting last week with all of the parties involved in the move and distributed more information to the Common Council regarding the dispatch decision’s impacts… READ MORE
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
The local government executive responsible for running the region’s 911 system has earned a lifetime achievement award, praised by peers for his devotion to emergency communications.
The Oregon chapter of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials gave the award to Mark Buchholz, who has been director of the Willamette Valley Communications Center – the local 911 system – since 1998.
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Montgomery County Regional Dispatch Center recently received an upgrade.
In a Facebook post, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said that the center’s layout includes new acrylic barriers and work stations equipped for sitting or standing.
The office said the upgrades help dispatchers practice social distancing and communicate quickly with each other…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 27, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
Public-safety organizations have more opportunity than ever to be efficient, interoperable and data-driven thanks to cloud computing, a panel of experts said during a webinar.
For instance, California’s Office of Emergency Service’s Public Safety Communications (PSC) Division turned to the cloud to use device-based location data for 911 callers. When that data first became available a few years ago, the equipment in the state’s public-safety answering points (PSAPs) couldn’t integrate it. Now, 82% of the state’s 911 calls come from mobile devices, and with cloud, dispatchers can immediately view location data on their screens and verify it with callers…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 27, 2021 | Articles, Comm Center News
With the growing amount of data, video, and information services (DV&IS) in the communications ecosystem, public safety agencies need priority access to advanced services to support national security and emergency response and recovery.
To further that goal, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is seeking feedback on a potential new requirement for two programs it manages: the Next Generation Network Priority Service (NGN PS ) and the Telecommunications Service Priority programs…
by AllThingsECC.com | Jan 27, 2021 | Comm Center News
AT&T, the company behind FirstNet, has announced four new solutions to improve communications and situational awareness for police, firefighters and other first responders.
The four new solutions are meant to improve network range and throughput, track personnel’s location vertically as well as horizontally and connect land mobile radios with cellphones. The solutions are available only to FirstNet subscribers…
